Oscars by the Numbers
-- Publishers Weekly, 3/3/2008
3: Number of Best Picture nominees based on a book
$64.2 million*: Box office revenue of Best Picture winner No Country for Old Men
117,000*: Number of copies sold, according to Nielsen BookScan, of Vintage's tie-in trade paperback of No Country for Old Men
$49.4 million*: Box office revenue of Best Picture nominee Atonement
409,000*: Number of combined copies sold, according to Nielsen BookScan, of Anchor's trade paper and mass market editions of Best Picture nominee Atonement
$35 million*: Box office revenue of Best Picture nominee There Will Be Blood
33,000*: Copies sold, according to BookScan, of Penguin's paperback tie-in edition of Oil!, the literary source for Best Picture nominee There Will Be Blood
1: Number of Oscar winners who've also published a collection of short stories (Ethan Coen, Gates of Eden)
21.1 million: Number of homes, according to Nielsen, that watched the Oscars
5: Number of nominated films Newmarket published a “Shooting Script” for
*As of February 24
